December 25, 2007 – 7:21 am
Christmas of 1862 saw a nation wearied by war. The year before had been merry as young men trotted off to war expecting adventure, honor and the preservation of something noble. They went off as to a frolic, expecting quick victory. Over the course of that first year, however, their enthusiasm had [...]
December 3, 2007 – 4:34 am
The Advent season is almost upon us. “Advent” means simply, “important arrival” and of course refers to the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. According to Webster’s 1828 dictionary, it means,
A coming; appropriately the coming of our Savior, and in the calendar, it includes four sabbaths before Christmas, beginning of St. Andrew’s Day, or on [...]
November 21, 2007 – 1:00 am
Edward Winslow wrote in A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth (1621):
Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. They four in one day killed as much fowl as, [...]
October 31, 2007 – 3:33 pm
Last night in the little bit of blog surfing I did, I found a plethora of posts on Halloween.
Halloween as a sacred holiday honoring God. Not “Christianizing” it but claiming it already is Christian.
A number of bloggers questioned whether Christians should celebrate Halloween at all. Ooh! Just read Mama says…. take as [...]
Given the topics I normally choose to address, I would like to offer you a well-thought out essay on American liberties, the importance of securing and defending those liberties and the fact that it is our personal responsibility to do that.
Instead, I’m going to leave you with just one thought. And it isn’t even [...]
We weren’t planning anything in particular for Father’s Day since my husband wasn’t even going to be home. He left in the wee hours of the morning and shall return sometime tomorrow evening. That’s what life is like when you are married to a railroader. He comes and goes with the trains. [...]
I’ve always had a measure of old-fashioned American patriotism, and I was actually quite shocked when I realized citizens of other nations don’t necessarily share such sentiments about their own nations. But the summer of 1994 was the first time I remember feeling a strong sense of pride at my national heritage and the [...]
December 31, 2006 – 10:05 am
Und einen guten Rutsch!
Each year, Sydney, Australia leads the world in New Year’s celebrations since it is one of the first major cities to ring in the New Year. Their massive fireworks display over Sydney Harbour attracts over one million visitors, not to mention the television viewers watching the fireworks hours before their own [...]
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